You Saw THAT?: Social Networking Sites, Self-Presentation, and Impression Formation in the Hiring Process

Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn – individuals have more opportunities than ever before to present themselves in public using social networking sites (SNSs). However, individuals tend to live segmented lives and often develop different self-presentations depending on the audience. The combination of opportunities to present publicly and presenting different self-presentations can have unforeseen impacts for job candidates. From employers’ perspectives, access to this public information represents a new source of information about job candidates. This paper studies how self-presentations of candidates in SNSs affect impressions formed of candidates by individuals faced with a hiring decision. Utilizing the self-presentation and impression management literature, a model is developed and tested utilizing data from an online survey-based experiment. Findings of the study suggest information from self-presentations is seen as valuable, yet can create ambiguity for decision makers. Implications for theory and hiring organizations assessing the influence of SNSs on hiring are discussed

Growing Local Food Systems: Information Technology Use and Impacts in Geographically-Embedded Markets

Over recent decades, reliance on global food systems involving highly distributed supply chains has increased. However, as awareness of environmental, social, and health consequences of these arrangements has developed, so has interest in local food systems (LFSs) in which consumers are served by nearby producers and intermediaries. Yet, in spite of the purported benefits of LFSs, there are challenges which limit their impact. There is an opportunity for IS scholars to contribute by examining how technology is and could be used in geographically-embedded markets like LFSs. We draw on prior studies of IT use and impacts in markets to generate exploratory propositions regarding ways that IT might be used to in LFSs. The results have the potential to build a bridge between IS research and the study and development of LFSs and, thus, create opportunities for IS scholars to contribute directly to the economic health and quality of life of communities

The Photograph as Haptic and Virtual Object: Realms of Ephemeral Sensation and Material Objecthood

The Photograph as Haptic and Virtual Object: Realms of Ephemeral Sensation and Material Objecthood, comprises practice-led research evaluating the dimensional qualities and objecthood of the photograph in light of recent technological developments and philosophical discourse. The project appraises tensions between the object/subject placed in front of the camera apparatus to be photographed, and the photograph as representative of abstract space, abstraction produces a space for the viewer to enter into the image. Through a combination of arts practice and accompanying text the research investigates what a photograph can be in hybrid form, querying the thingness of the medium through technological convergence. The artwork produced contributes to an examination of the dimensional qualities of print, rousing in the viewer a desire to touch the artefact. Intrinsic to this study is an investigation into the history of photography and its prehistory (1790-1836). Contemplating the material and representational charge the photographic medium has to transcend the history of analogue, and seep into the virtual. The research is informed by key texts on photography by Roland Barthes, Geoffrey Batchen, Jean Baudrillard, Elizabeth Edwards, Lyle Rexer and Marina Warner, and on the phenomenon of landscape and nature with reference to Tim Ingold and John Wylie. Rather than presenting the distant perspective and spectacle of the view or scape, the work presents an interpretation of being in (and passing through) landscape. Rather than looking at landscape, a subjective perspective of embodied experience of place is offered. Source material is the landscape of East Scotland, and photographic collections held in archives at V&A, London (collections previously held at National Media Museum, Bradford), Grenna Museum Polar Centre, Sweden and Harry Ransom Center, Austin, Texas. Through focussing on three bodies of practice-research, Glass Landscapes (2014-15), An Expedition (2015-18) and Neither Here nor There (2017-20) each invite a search for place through the photographic act, beginning and ending with landscape. Drawing from nineteenth century proto photographers the research is further informed by contemporary photography exhibitions - Shadow Catchers (2010, V&A London, curator Martin Barnes), What Is a Photograph? (2014, ICP, New York, curator Carol Squiers), Emanation: The Art of Cameraless Photography (2015, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Zealand, curator Geoffrey Batchen) and Light, Paper, Process: Reinventing Photography (2015, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, curator Virginia Heckert). The artist’s methodology as maker (both my own and others) is at the forefront of this research. Deliberating on a compulsion to create interpretations of landscape in abstract form, new insights into representations of place are presented through the material and temporal qualities of the medium. The key research question of this PhD is: • How can the imprint of the maker reposition photography’s connectivity to the referent

I Didn\u27t Know You Could See That: The Effect of Social Networking Environment Characteristics on Publicness and Self-Disclosure

Web 2.0 technologies have changed the way users interact with the Internet. Users play a growing role in the generation of content, and while doing so disclose a piece of themselves. We seek to provide a theoretical link between the boundary characteristics of a social networking website and self-disclosure. Utilizing Communication Privacy Management Theory, we focus on two forms of boundaries: mode of entry boundary and ingroup/outgroup boundary. We propose that these boundaries play a role in the implicit boundary coordination and negotiation between the users of the environment and the website. This negotiation influences users’ perceived publicness of the environment, which influences their self-disclosure behaviors due to their risk avoidance. It is believed that by recognizing the public aspect of participation in online social networks, we can provide suggestions on how its perception can be managed to encourage, or discourage, contributions and disclosures of information by users

Belowground Growth Strategies of Native and Invasive Rhizomatous perennial grasses in response to precipitation variability, clipping, and competition

Invasive clonal species may exhibit different growth strategies than their native clonal competitors. In this study, we examined the spatial distribution of tiller outgrowth and the bud bank by comparing the investment in phalanx versus guerilla growth of a native and invasive perennial grass in North America. We also examined the efect of altered precipitation frequency, clipping, and competition on their clonal growth strategies. Investment in phalanx and guerilla growth was assessed by examining live propagule and tiller production from the plant crown versus its rhizomes. Although invasive Bromus inermis and native Pascopyrum smithii exhibited similar clonal growth strategies as young seedlings, their clonal growth strategies signifcantly difered by the end of their frst growing season. Pascopyrum smithii invested in dual phalanx and guerilla tiller outgrowth and bud placement, and B. inermis primarily invested in phalanx tiller outgrowth and bud placement. Competition rather than intra-annual precipitation variability and clipping altered the clonal growth strategy of these species. Intra- and inter- specifc competition did not alter tiller outgrowth for either species. However, inter-specifc competition caused both species to alter their bud placement. Bromus inermis shifted more buds from phalanx to guerilla positions while P. smithii shifted in the opposite direction. This may enable invasive B. inermis to expand while confning native P. smithii to more localized areas in the future. Clonal growth strategies appear to be species specifc and responsive to inter-specifc competition. Investigating the belowground bud aspect of clonal growth can reveal the mechanism driving the future aboveground clonal growth strategy of native and invasive rhizomatous grasses and help inform the patterns of invasion within a plant community

Belowground Mechanism Reveals Climate Change Impacts on Invasive Clonal Plant Establishment

Climate change and disturbance can alter invasion success of clonal plants by differentially affecting the clonal traits influencing their establishment as young plants. Clonal traits related to the vegetative reproduction of native Pascopyrum smithii and non-native Bromus inermis grass seedlings were evaluated under altered precipitation frequencies and a single grazing event. Pascopyrum smithii maintained similar vegetative reproduction under three simulated precipitation frequencies whereas B. inermis vegetative reproduction declined as precipitation became more intermittent. Vegetative reproduction of the non-native B. inermis was greater than the native P. smithii under all simulated precipitation frequencies except the most intermittent scenario. A single grazing event did not affect either species’ response to intra-annual precipitation variability but did slightly reduce their clonal growth and increase their bud dormancy. In young plants, clonal traits of the invasive grass favored its superior expansion and population growth compared to the native grass except under the most severe climate change scenario. Grassland restoration using native P. smithii seeds would be successful in most years due to its resilient clonal growth in a changing climate. Clonal infrastructure development in young plants is critical to clonal plant establishment and persistence in a changing climate and under disturbed conditions

Greater Bud Outgrowth of Bromus inermis than Pascopyrum smithii Under Multiple Environmental Conditions

Tiller recruitment of perennial grasses in mixed-grass prairie primarily occurs from belowground buds. Environmental conditions, such as temperature, soil moisture and grazing can affect bud outgrowth of both invasive and native perennial grasses. Differential bud outgrowth responses of native and invasive species to climate change and grazing could alter competitive interactions that have implications for future land management. The aims of this work were to (i) compare how spring temperature altered bud outgrowth of native Pascopyrum smithii (Rydb.) Á. Löve (western wheatgrass) and introduced Bromus inermis Leyss.(smooth brome), (ii) compare how watering frequency altered bud outgrowth of these two species and (iii) evaluate how clipping interacts with spring temperature or watering frequency to affect P. smithii bud outgrowth

An Exploratory Study to Understand Factors Associated with Health-related Quality of Life Among Uninsured/Underinsured Patients as Identified by Clinic Providers and Staff

Since the release of Healthy People 2020, there has been extensive research understanding factors associated with health-related quality of life (HRQoL) among specific populations. Despite this growing body of research, little has been conducted to understand the factors associated with HRQoL among uninsured/underinsured Americans. The purposes of the present study were to assess clinic staff to determine: (1) whether there is a need to examine HRQoL among uninsured/underinsured individuals, (2) whether there is a need for tailored HRQoL-promoting interventions among uninsured/underinsured individuals, and (3) the factors associated with HRQoL among uninsured/underinsured individuals. A survey was sent to an association of 41 clinics that provides free medical services to uninsured/underinsured individuals. The majority of participants indicated that uninsured/underinsured individuals experience unique factors associated with HRQoL and that there was a need to implement tailored HRQoL-improving interventions among uninsured/underinsured individuals. The results also present the personal/contextual factors associated with HRQoL of uninsured/underinsured individuals